Bernard L. Coffindaffer

The United Methodist conference merged the Andrews Methodist Episcopal congregation in Grafton with St. Paul's Methodist and West Main Street Methodist churches, forming the Church of the Good Shepherd.

The facility later housing the Anthony Correctional Center was completed and first used as Job Corps Center

Wendell G. Hardway became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

A new gymnasium was finished at Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd became head basketball coach at Northfork High School

Cathedral State Park was entered in the National Registry of Natural Landmarks

Keith Ham met Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Congress passed the National Passenger Railroad Act, creating Amtrak

Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The West Virginia Department of Public Institutions (now Division of Corrections) leased the Anthony Correctional Center for use as a correctional center for juvenile males

Dr. Edward V. McMichael, state archeologist, left the Geological Survey

Lincoln County attracted many back-to-the-land settlers

Catholic Workers farm established in Lincoln County

Gray Barker published The Silver Bridge

The historic Berkeley Springs spa was transferred to the Department of Natural Resources

Maurice Brooks received the Order of Vandalia from WVU

Chauncey H. Browning Sr. was Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court

Cabin Creek Quilts began as a self-help quilting cooperative

Clay County population dropped to 9,330

Legislative Improvement Amendment ratified

Governor's Succession Amendment ratified, allowing two successive terms

Dennis Harrah was an all-state center on the Stonewall Jackson High School football team

George Daugherty took the stage name "The Earl of Elkview"

Glade Creek gristmill completed

The spring pavilion was renovated at Barger Springs

Girls' state high school basketball tournament revived after dying off in the 1920s

Beckley Newspapers Corporation was sold to Clay Communications

J. Wade Gilley became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd named West Virginia Coach of the Year

Cabell Huntington Hospital expanded for the second time

Gaston Caperton was elected president of the McDonough-Caperton-Shepherd insurance company

Shelley Moore Capito earned M.A. from University of Virginia

Lou Austin died

French Carpenter record Elzic's Farewell is released

Shenandoah Downs closed

Buildings of McMillan Hospital were demolished in Charleston

Picnic shelters, restrooms, restaurant and amphitheater were added at Chief Logan State Park

Cogar Arden set the world record for standing chopping a 10-inch yellow poplar in 16.2 seconds

Merger of Bluefield State College and Concord College ended

The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was created

Phyllis Curtin was invited to White House to sing for West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

Julius DeGruyter wrote a second volume of the Kanawha Spectator

George Snyder received a MFA from University of North Carolina

Governor Rockefeller called for broad changes in the state banking system.

Reagan administration implemented stricter eligibility standards for black lung compensation

Colonel Florence A. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell was dedicated

Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital (later CAMC) moved to new complex

Assets of City National Bank at over $81 million

The Louisville & Nashville railroad line merged into the Seaboard Coast Line Corporation

Davis Grubb's Ancient Lights was published posthumously

The High Gate mansion was listed in the National Register of Historic Places

William Hoffman wrote The Land That Drank the Rain

Bill Hopen completed his first public sculpture commission, a Mother's Day memorial

Sam Huff was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Weirton workers purchased the plant from National Steel Corporation

Marshall University presented Howard B. Lee with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree

Cynthia Rylant wrote When I was Young in the Mountains

Cynthia Rylant wrote When I was Young in the Mountains

The Raleigh Register merged with Beckley Post-Herald to become the Register-Herald

Bob Vorel moved from New England to Doddridge County

Brawley Walkway in downtown Charleston was named in honor of Harry Brawley

After extensive rehabilitation, Camp Washington-Carver was reopened

Founder John L. "Bugs" Teets died

Phyllis Curtin retired from public singing

Daniel Boone Hotel was reopened after renovation, as office building

Hazel Dickens released By the Sweat of My Brow

The West Virginia Draft Horse and Mule Association was formed

Denise Giardina wrote Good King Harry